Conference Conveners: Prof. Uriel Reichman Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead President & Founder, IDC Herzliya Executive Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, and Chairman of the Annual Herzliya Conference Series, IDC Herzliya Officiated by: H.E. Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin President of the State of Israel Photo: Spokesperson unit of the President of Israel Incumbent Office-Holders Commissioner Roni Alsheikh MK Naftali Bennett MK Yuli-Yoel Edelstein General Commissioner of the Israel Police Minister of Education and Minister Speaker of the Knesset of Diaspora Affairs Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot H.E. Khairat Hazem Mr. Moshe Kahlon IDF Chief of the General Staff Ambassador of Egypt to Israel Minister of Finance MK Israel Katz Rabbi David Lau Mr. Avigdor Liberman Minister of Intelligence and Transport Chief Rabbi of Israel Minister of Defense Hon. Brett McGurk Dr. Antonio Missiroli Hon. Judge (ret.) Joseph H. Shapira Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Assistant Secretary General of NATO for State Comptroller and Ombudsman Coalition to Counter ISIL, Emerging Security Challenges U.S. Department of State Prof. Dmitry Adamsky Lt. Gen. (ret.) Orit Adato Mr. Elliott Abrams Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Founder & Managing Director, Adato Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Strategy, IDC Herzliya Consulting; Former Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service and Former Commander of IDF Women Corp Photo: Kaveh Sardari Mr. Yaacov Agam Mr. Simon Alfasi Prof. Graham Allison Sculptor and Experimental Artist Mayor of Yokneam Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School Ms. Elah Alkalay Mr. Dov Amitay Ms. Anat Asraf Hayut VP for Business Development President, Farmers' Federation of Israel National Elections’ Supervisor, IBI Investment House Ministry of Interior Prof. Pinhas Alpert Ms. Adi Altschuler Dr. Amiram Appelbaum Department of Geophysics, Founder of “Crembo Wings” Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Tel-Aviv University and “Memories@Home”; Industry; Chairman, Israel Innovation Authority CEO, Inclu – Inclusive Education Prof. Uzi Arad Prof. Moshe Arens Mr. Yarom Ariav Former Head of the National Security Council Former Minister of Defense Executive Chairman of Lavi Capital and former and National Security Advisor Director General of the Ministry Of Finance to the Prime Minister Ms. Galit Avishai MK Rachel Azaria Prof. Amatzia Baram Founder and Chairperson, Emun Hatzibur – "Kulanu"; Chairwoman, Reforms Committee Emeritus Professor, Founder and Director of Public Trust; Former CEO of the Israel the Center for Iraq, University of Haifa Consumer Council Amb. Rafi Barak Mr. Nir Barkat V. Admiral (res.) David Ben Bashat Former Ambassador of Israel to Canada and Mayor of Jerusalem Former Commander in Chief Former Director General of the Ministry of of the Israeli Navy Foreign Affairs MK Merav Ben Ari Prof. Dan Ben-David Adv. Anat Ben-Dor “Kulanu” Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv Tel Aviv University University; President and Founder, Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research Maj. Gen. (res.) Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer Maj Gen. (res.) Prof. Eitan Ben-Eliahu Isaac Ben-Israel Former Commander-in-Chief Vice President for Administration & Students, Director The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber of the Israel Air Force IDC Herzliya Research Center and Head of Security Studies Program, Tel Aviv University MK Maj. Gen. (res.) Mr. Ron Ben-Yishai Prof. Ofra Bengio Eyal Ben-Reuven Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense National Security Commentator, Ynetnews Head of the Kurdish Studies Program Committee and Former Commander of the IDF The Moshe Dayan Center Northern Corps for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University Adv. Shlomit Berhanu Dr. Ronen Bergman Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Social Activist Senior Correspondent for Military and President, Yeshiva University Intelligence Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth; Contributing Writer, New York Times Mr. Michael Biton Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran Mr. Boaz Bismuth Mayor of Yerucham Former Director General of the Ministry of Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom Defense; Former Chairman of Refael Mr. Itzik Braverman Dr. Oded Brosh Brig. Gen. (res.) Itai Brun Mayor of Petach Tikva Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Former head of IDF Intelligence Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Analysis Division Mr. Ronnie C. Chan Rabbi Yuval Cherlo Dr. Raphael S. Cohen Thought Leader; Chairman, Hang Lung Head, Ra’anana Amit Orot Shaul Hesder Yeshiva Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Properties Ltd. Mr. Yoram Cohen Dr. Ben Connable Mr. Pierre Dassas Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Chairman, ELNET-France (SHABAK) Mr. Jonathan Davis Prof. Avi Degani Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel Vice President for External Affairs and Head of CEO & President, Geocartography Managing Director and Senior Research Fellow, the Raphael Recanati International School, Knowledge Group Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) IDC Herzliya Ms. Lizy Delaricha Dr. Shira Efron Prof. Zvi Eckstein Mayor of Ganey Tikva Policy Researcher and Special Advisor on Israel, Dean, Tiomkin School of Economics, IDC RAND Corporation Herzliya; Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel Photo: Eldad Refaeli Dr. Israel Elad-Altman Ms. Emily Elhacham MK Karin Elharrar Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Researcher, Faculty of Exact Sciences, “Yesh Atid” Party Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Tel Aviv University Prof. Haggai Erlich Mr. Moshe Fadlon Mr. Roland Freudenstein Professor Emeritus, History of the Middle East Mayor of Herzliya Policy Director, Martens Centre for and Africa, Tel-Aviv University European Studies MK Esawi Frej Dr. Anita Friedman Prof. Doron Friedman "Meretz" Party President, Koret Foundation Head of the Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya Mr. Avi Gabbay Prof. Boaz Ganor Adv. Michal Gera Margaliot Chairman of the Labor Party Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy Managing Director of the Israel and of the Zionist Camp & Strategy; Founder & Executive Director, Women's Network Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism, IDC Herzliya Mr. Mazin G'Nayem Ms. Hodiya Houminer- Maj. Gen. (res.) Rosenblum Gershon HaCohen Mayor of Sakhnin Advisor to the Commissioner of the Civil Service Research Fellow, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; Former Commander of the Military Academies; Former Commander of the IDF Northern Corps Adv. Amiram Gill Dr. Ori Goldberg Mr. Ilan S. Goldenberg Director, Capital Markets’ Legal Clinic and the Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Director of the Middle East Security Program, Capital Markets’ Forum, Radzyner Law School, Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Center for New American Security IDC Herzliya Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt Mr. Oded Granot Mr. Eli Groner Chief Rabbi of Moscow & Head of the Journalist. Middle East and International Director General, Prime Minister’s Office Rabbinical Court of the Commonwealth of commentator Independent States; President of the Conference of European Rabbis Dr. Yoel Guzansky Prof. SU Hao Mr. Amos Harel Senior fellow, Institute for National Security Director, Center for Strategic and Peace Senior Military Correspondent and Defense Studies (INSS); Visiting Fellow, Studies, China Foreign Affairs University Analyst, Haaretz Stanford University Photo: Iki Photo Dino Dr. Beatrice Hasler Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog Mr. Jacky Hugi The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School International Fellow, the Washington Arab Affairs Editor, IDF Radio of Communications, IDC Herzliya Institute for Near East Policy Prof. Hanna Herzog Dr. Ofer Israeli Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry Professor Emerita of Sociology, Tel Aviv Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and President, Boeing Israel University; Co-Director & Co-Founder, Center Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya for Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere (WIPS), Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Photo: Shabi Kedem Mr. Meir Javedanfar Mr. Benni Kashriel Lt. Gen. VG Khandare, Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Mayor of Maaleh Adumim PVSM, AVSM SM, Former Director General of Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Owner and Editor, Iran- the Indian Defence Intelligence Agency and Israel Observer Former Deputy Chief of the Indian Integrated Defence Staff Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye Amb. Tom Kelly Senator Mark Kirk Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy; Vice President, Foreign Policy Senior advisor, United Against Nuclear Iran Senior Political Scientist, RAND & National Security Affairs, (UANI) Raytheon International Inc. (RII) MK Nurit Koren Mr. Yoav Kraiem Mr. Ran Kunik "Likud" Party Co-Director, Community Development and Mayor of Givatayim Social Change Department, Beit Issie Shapiro H.E. Hélène Le Gal Mr. Daniel Landau Prof. Leo Leiderman Ambassador of France to Israel Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Tel-Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor, Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, Bank Hapoalim IDC Herzliya Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar Hon. Marcel Lettre Dr. Ariel (Eli) Levite Founding Dean and Chair of the Daniel Pearl Vice President for National Security, Lockheed Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie International Journalism Institute, Sammy Ofer Martin; Former U.S. Under Secretary of Endowment for International Peace; Former School of Communications, IDC Herzliya Defense for Intelligence Principal Deputy Director General for Policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission Prof. Yagil Levy Ms. Tali Lipkin-Shahak Adv. Avi Licht Department of Sociology,